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courage him from doing things lawfull & good. A mutlitude of Jewish persons were once de- luded by a person pretending to be Moses from Heaven, and that if they would follow him they should pass safely throw the sea (as did their fathers of old throw the Red Sea) whereby great numbers of them were deceived & perish- ed in the waters (10) Learned and Judicious men (margin) 10 Socrates (unreadable) have concluded that this Moses (?) was a Daemon transforming himself into Moses. And that the Divel has frequently appeared in the shape of famous persons to the end he might seduce into Idolatry (a Sin equall to that of Witchcraft. No man that has made it his con- cern to Enquire into things of this nature can be Ignorant. Many examples of this (?) are col- lected by Mr. Bromhall in his treatise of Spectres and the cunning delusions of the Divel to strengthen men in worshiping of Saints departed. And by Mr. Bovet in his pandaemonium. It is credibly re- ported that the Divel in the likeness of a faithfull minister of Christ (at St. Ives near Boston in Lincolnshire) came to one that was troubled in mind (?) telling her that the longer she lived the worse it would be for her and therfore advising her to self murder. An emi- nent person still living had the account of this matter from Mr. Cotton (the famous teacher of both